Promoting Vocations
Every life is a calling, a vocation. God calls us into being for a reason. Jesus calls each of us by name and calls us to conversion. He calls us to live not for ourselves, but to glorify God and to serve our brothers and sisters. Following Jesus means listening to his voice and following the bright light of his life. Jesus wants to draw everything in our ordinary lives into the light of his divine life. He calls each of us to radiate his light in a unique way. This is true for everyone.
Some, however, are chosen by Jesus for a special calling, to conform their lives more closely to his. Some he chooses for his priesthood, some to follow him in religious and consecrated life in the Church. So we have to listen for the voice of Christ and we have to respond to his call with all our hearts and all our strength. A vocation always has a context and that context is always the Church. So our task in the Church is to welcome and accompany people and to open their hearts to know God’s calling.
News & Events on Vocations
Landscape study of LA’s religious sisters
Spread across 120 active congregations, orders, and religious institutions and living in several hundred different ... READ MORE »
2021 List of Associate Pastors
Associate pastor transfers Fr. Doan Pham to St. Dorothy, Glendora Fr. Gerald Osuagwu to Our Lady of Grace, Encino... READ MORE »
‘The goal is love’
On the way home from his psychiatric practice, Dr. John Masko used to stop at St. Mary’s Abbey in Wrentham, Massa... READ MORE »
Four patriotic Americans on their way to sainthood
The Catholic Church in the United States has a long list of extraordinary men and women from all walks of life who ... READ MORE »
Gala honors pastors, seminary benefactors
By the time the annual gala for St. John’s Seminary returns to the Plaza at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Ange... READ MORE »
New Queen of Angels Center
Archbishop José H. Gomez celebrated the first Mass at the new Queen of Angels Center for Priestly Formation during... READ MORE »
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